and (A)does not bring it to the doorway of the tent of meeting to [a]offer it to the Lord, that person also shall be cut off from his people.

10 (B)And anyone from the house of Israel, or from the strangers who reside among them, who eats any blood, (C)I will set My face against that person who eats the blood, and will cut him off from among his people. 11 For (D)the [b]life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for (E)it is the blood by reason of the [c]life that makes atonement.’

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  1. Leviticus 17:9 Lit do
  2. Leviticus 17:11 Lit soul
  3. Leviticus 17:11 Lit soul

and does not bring it to the entrance to the tent(A) of meeting(B) to sacrifice it to the Lord(C) must be cut off from the people of Israel.

10 “‘I will set my face against any Israelite or any foreigner residing among them who eats blood,(D) and I will cut them off from the people. 11 For the life of a creature is in the blood,(E) and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.[a](F)

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  1. Leviticus 17:11 Or atonement by the life in the blood